Okay so I just thought of this random question and figured I would ask here because the more I think about it, the more I get confused. Hopefully somebody knows the answer and can help me.
Okay so my current dog knows bed which basically just means go sit or lie down on your dog bed and he also knows place which originally was just going to anywhere other than the bed, then was standing in a certain spot, like for instance this tile area in front of our front door, and now kinda just means go stand whereever I point and stay there until told otherwise. He's so good now it's usually just kind of me pointing rather than saying it. Anyway, he also knows what I call touch which is putting his 2 front paws on the stairs. I know most use touch as bumping your hand with their nose.
When I get a puppy eventually, I want to teach him those (but maybe more refined) but I also want to teach him other similar behaviors.
So for example, we never crate trained Gator. I want to do that with a new dog. I have also seen dogs do a target type behavior which is basically going to a mark on the ground (an x or rubber mat or something) and standing there/putting 2 paws on the mark. I guess the alternate command is going to mark. I've also seen dogs stand on a fit bone or fit pods type things.* And dogs climbing on top of buckets or tree stumps or other ridiculously narrow/small spaces and standing there, or even doing tricks on top of them. And a lot of dog training classes say they teach place or lay on a mat.
So I guess my question is:
Are these all the same commands or do you have to teach separate commands for them? Is that confusing for the dog having so many separate but similar commands? I guess the fit bones, fit pods, bucket stuff are more body awareness type exercises which is maybe different than place? And climbing on top of something seems somewhat different than going and laying down or standing somewhere.
But still.
Are they separate commands??
Thanks in advance.
*fit bone
https://fitpawsusa.com/product/k9fitbone/
Fit pods. I guess they're actually called paw pods but basically just one paw on each.
https://fitpawsusa.com/product/fitpaws-paw-pods/
Okay so my current dog knows bed which basically just means go sit or lie down on your dog bed and he also knows place which originally was just going to anywhere other than the bed, then was standing in a certain spot, like for instance this tile area in front of our front door, and now kinda just means go stand whereever I point and stay there until told otherwise. He's so good now it's usually just kind of me pointing rather than saying it. Anyway, he also knows what I call touch which is putting his 2 front paws on the stairs. I know most use touch as bumping your hand with their nose.
When I get a puppy eventually, I want to teach him those (but maybe more refined) but I also want to teach him other similar behaviors.
So for example, we never crate trained Gator. I want to do that with a new dog. I have also seen dogs do a target type behavior which is basically going to a mark on the ground (an x or rubber mat or something) and standing there/putting 2 paws on the mark. I guess the alternate command is going to mark. I've also seen dogs stand on a fit bone or fit pods type things.* And dogs climbing on top of buckets or tree stumps or other ridiculously narrow/small spaces and standing there, or even doing tricks on top of them. And a lot of dog training classes say they teach place or lay on a mat.
So I guess my question is:
Are these all the same commands or do you have to teach separate commands for them? Is that confusing for the dog having so many separate but similar commands? I guess the fit bones, fit pods, bucket stuff are more body awareness type exercises which is maybe different than place? And climbing on top of something seems somewhat different than going and laying down or standing somewhere.
But still.
Are they separate commands??
Thanks in advance.
*fit bone
https://fitpawsusa.com/product/k9fitbone/
Fit pods. I guess they're actually called paw pods but basically just one paw on each.
https://fitpawsusa.com/product/fitpaws-paw-pods/